# NTSB CHI85FA004: Kallansrud/Pitts S-1C, N561CK, Overisel, MI, October 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1984, 15:21 local (19:21 UTC)
- Place: Overisel, MI
- Coordinates: 42.769695, -86.099449 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7697&lon=-86.0994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12800
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85FA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12800/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA004

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - aerobatics - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

MISHAP ACFT, IN COMPANY WITH ANOTHER ACFT OF SAME MAKE/MODEL, MADE PREPLANNED PASSES OVER LOCALE OF RESIDENCE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR SHORT CROSS-COUNTRY. AFTER SEVERAL CIRCLES AT 500 FT AGL, MISHAP PLT BROKE OUT OF LOOSE FORMATION INTO SHALLOW DIVE; OTHER PLT OBSERVED MISHAP ACFT PASS 150-200 FT BELOW HIM THEN VISUAL CONTACT WAS LOST UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED MISHAP ACFT EXECUTE A HALF-ROLL TO AN INVERTED ATTITUDE THEN ENTER A DIVE INTO THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N561CK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: KALLANSRUD/PITTS S-1C
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2CK
- Airframe hours: 2
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-G 140 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Carl E. Kallansrud
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 5, 1984, 2 hours before
- Departed: HLM, HOLLAND, MI
- Destination: 3GM, GRAND HAVEN, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,700 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841006054379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841006054379A), Oct 6, 1984: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C, Overisel, MI, Destroyed. Low passes over his home, rolled inverted, dived into cornfield. No mechanical malfunction found.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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